Jan H. Daub
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11/10/2019 6:03 PM
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John, depending on the bike and the length of the risers, many times I have simply routed the lines and cables behind the front forks, instead of leaving them in front. You can gain enough looseness to not have to buy longer cables and hoses.
Without disconnecting any cables or hoses, remove the front wheel, loosen the two fork yokes, top and bottom. Slide the forks down enough to clear the top yoke, move the cables & etc back, slide the forks back up and tighten. Simple operation.
Now this might not work if you are going with super high risers, but most times it is enough.
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James (Dominic) Drou
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11/10/2019 6:00 PM
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John,
I kinda doubt you need new control cables, but admittedly haven't seen any riser kits for the F700GS, In the event you do need to replace those, that's an exercise best left for the dealer.
Re bleeding the brakes, that's relatively easy, though may need two people (one to operate the vacuum pump (which is attached to the bleeder screw on the caliper) and one to operate the brake handle to pump brake fluid through the system. I plan to re-do my rear caliper a Tech Day, which I'm pretty sure is next Sunday, the 17th. And I'm pretty sure Mike said he has a vacuum pump.
Also, brake fluid for motorcycles is very specific - DOT 4 - and cannot be mixed with any other type.
As an FYI, AutoZone does have manual vacuum pumps on their loaner tool list ... no charge unless the tool isn't returned.
Dominic
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John Wroth
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11/10/2019 3:27 PM
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I want to raise my handlebars which will require lengthening my control cables, which also means bleeding the brakes. I've never done any of that before, so would anyone be interested in helping me with that at the next tech day? Not sure when that is yet.
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